My current Testing box has two symptoms, both of which I've seen for months.
One, any attempt to USB sync my Palm Tungsten T3 freezes the machine within a few seconds. Two, copying files to or deleting files from a USB-mounted drive freezes the USB subsystem. Sometimes I get nothing in the logs, sometimes this: Jun 26 22:24:21 localhost kernel: SCSI error : <0 0 0 2> return code = 0x8000002 Jun 26 22:24:21 localhost kernel: Current sdc: sense key Hardware Error Jun 26 22:24:21 localhost kernel: Additional sense: Data phase error Jun 26 22:24:21 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 238 Jun 26 22:24:21 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdc1 The above repeats many times. After the above messages appear (or even when they don't) the process trying to use the USB freezes. It doesn't become a zombie, it's just in an unkillable wait state. Apparently the USB never returns some signal it's looking for. I tried upgrading my kernel from 2.6.8 to 2.6.11-1 (Debian version for K7) in the hope that it was a kernel problem. If so, it isn't fixed in that upgrade. I've swapped my USB hub out, so that isn't likely to be it. The very same USB peripherals work fine on my other Debian Testing system, a laptop. I suspect hardware, but I thought I'd ask the assembled minds here if there's any other software stuff I should try before pricing motherboards. Thanks. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum <http://dm.net> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
